Toyota No. 1 in sales again

General Motors cedes the crown

11:26 PM,
Jan. 28, 2013

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Japanese car maker Toyota Motor Corp. has reclaimed the position of world's No. 1 car maker by unit sales.

Toyota said Monday that it sold a record 9.75 million vehicles last year. Detroit-based General Motors Co. sold 9.29 million vehicles over the same period.

GM had been the top-selling automaker for more than seven decades before losing the title to Toyota in 2008. GM retook the sales crown in 2011, when Toyota's production was hurt by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. ...